Exchange Migration Instructions

In October, Virginia Tech is retiring our current VT email servers and
moving to the new Google Apps for Education suite (note that this does not affect VT Exchange servers). If you're an Exchange user, you have a VT Mail account and will need to
create a VT Google Apps account. Again, the Exchange servers will not be
affected. For the majority of users, the VT Mail account is only used
for forwarding to Exchange, and the reason you have to move is to retain
this forward since VT Mail servers will be retiring. The primary change
you will notice after switching to VT Google Apps Mail is that you will
no longer get Junk Mail Manager summaries: you will have to check spam using one of three different methods.

To the right of Forwarding, you should see the radio button for Forward a copy of incoming mail to [Your Exchange email Address] is selected. If it is not selected (or there is no radio button at all), then enable forwarding to your Exchange account (the email address will be [Your PID]@exchange.vt.edu) by following the directions for Enabling or Disabling Forwarding from Your VT Google Apps Mail Account.

With the switch to VT Google Apps Mail, Junk Mail Manager will be
completely removed. This applies whether you forward email or not. For
information on how to handle spam, see the Methods for Managing Spam page.

You are finished and do not need to take further action. There are more directions below if you decide that you want to exclusively use VT Google Apps Mail, but those are entirely optional.

The following information is optional and only for users that want to use VT Google Apps Mail exclusively or not have email on Exchange. Again, these steps are not necessary if you've already transitioned to VT Google Apps Mail.

If you decide to switch, other Exchange users will NOT be able to send mail to [Your PID]@exchange.vt.edu. Other Exchange users will need to clear your previous Exchange address from their cache and send email to [Your PID]@vt.edu instead. They can do so by following the directions for Clearing an Exchange User's Cached Email Address.